William entered the war in Egypt on 14th March 1915. He died when H.M.H.S. "Britannic" stuck a mine, laid by the U-73 in the Zea Channel, in the Aegean Sea. He was he son of Harry and Polly Stone of 17 Dudley Street, Walsall, Staffordshire; and the husband of Anna Wilks (formerly Stone) [Portrait photograph kindly provided by Graeme Clarke]